European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

LET’S MAKE CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY SAFE: A REVIEW ON ANTICANCER DRUGS RELATED TOXICITIES AND THEIR MANAGEMENT

Priyanka Kumawat* and Harish Kumar

ABSTRACT

One of the important consideration to treat cancer is anticancer drug therapy but standard antineoplastic therapy is associated with immunosuppression, infections and system related toxicities, some of the recent approaches can even induce overwhelming inflammation and autoimmunity. Even newly approved anticancer drugs that do not have a specific molecular target on cancer cells are not free from side effects, they are associated with increased toxicity and the accompanying costs of management. Until the newer anticancer drugs are being discovered with either no or very few toxicities, the available techniques and knowledge can be used to minimise them. This review article is throwing some light on predictable toxicities related to anticancer drugs, their management and prevention strategies, so their occurrence can be minimised and helped to tolerate them well.

Keywords: Anticancer Drugs, Toxicities, Oncology, Chemotherapy, Radiotherapy, Antineoplastic Therapy.